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To Jonathan Edwards

Mount Vernon Augt 28th 1788

Sir,

I am to acknowledge the receipt of the letter & Pamphlet, which you have been pleased to forward to me by a late conveyance; and to desire you will accept of my best thanks for them.1

You have been rightly informed relative to the application, which had been made to me from Europe, for Documents concerning the Indian Language. It seems that a Society of Literati are endeavouring to make discoveries respecting the origen & derivation of different Languages.2 In the prosecution of this curious study, all judicious philological communications must be important. Yours, I conceive, will not be deficient in that quality. I have long regretted that so many Tribes of the American Aborigines should have become almost or entirely extinct, without leaving such vestiges, as that the genius & idiom of their Languages might be traced. Perhaps, from such sources, the descent or kindred of nations, whose origens are lost in remote antiquity or illiterate darkness, might be more rationally investigated, than in any other mode. The task, you have imposed upon yourself, of preserving some materials for this purpose, is certainly to be commended.

I entreat you, Sir, to believe that I am duly penetrated with your friendly and pious wishes for my happiness, and that I am with much respect Sir, Your most Obedient and Most Humble Servt

Go: Washington

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ALS, CtY: Edwards Family Papers; LB, DLC:GW. The letter-book copy is addressed to “The Revd John Edwards.”

1. Letter not found. Jonathan Edwards (1745–1801) published his Observations on the Language of the Muhhekaneew Indians in New Haven in 1788, a copy of which was in GW’s library at his death. From the age of 6 to 11, Edwards lived with a tribe of the Mohican Indians in Stockbridge and learned their language while his celebrated father was serving as a missionary to them.

2. For Catherine of Russia’s patronage of an international dictionary and GW’s involvement, see especially Richard Butler to GW, 30 Nov. 1787, and notes and enclosures.

There is neither Jew nor Greek,
there is neither slave nor free,
there is no male and female,
for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
–Galatians 3:28 (ESV)–

He made from one man every nation of mankind
to live on all the face of the earth,
having determined allotted periods
and the boundaries of their dwelling place.
–Acts 17:26 (ESV)–

Do not judge by appearances,
but judge with right judgment.
–John 7:24 (ESV)–

God shows no partiality.
–Romans 2:11 (ESV)–

Man looks on the outward appearance,
but the Lord looks on the heart.
–1 Samuel 16:7 (ESV)–

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Dr. John R. Rice, False Doctrines Answered (Sword of the Lord, 1970), pp. 352-353. “The British-Israel doctrine is a matter of sinful national pride, a trying to assume an honor that does not belong to the English and American people. We are not Israel…The idea is not only unscriptural, but utterly unscientific…The only way to believe it is by a perversion of Scripture and by ignoring facts of history and science.”

Tocandole a la puerta de oportunidad
Buscando ese momento con paciencia
Hoy yo te pido la sabiduría
Para reconocer la señal mia

Ahora es que es ni antes ni después

Como dobla el árbol cuando pasa el huracán
Como busca el cause el agua de un manantial
Como canta el gallo en madrugada su canción
Como vuela un ave en época de migración

Ahora es que es ni antes ni después

Ni antes ni después
Justo aquí donde es
Ni antes ni después
Justo aquí donde es
Otra vez, ahora es que es

Ni antes
Ni después
Ni antes
Ni después
Ni antes
Ni después
Ni antes
Ni después

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Knocking on the door of opportunity
Patiently searching for that moment
Today I ask you for wisdom
To recognize my sign

Now is that it is neither before nor after

As a tree bends when a hurricane passes
As the water of a spring seeks its source
As a rooster crows its song at dawn
As a bird flies during migration

Now is that it is neither before nor after

Neither before nor after
Right here where it is
Neither before nor after
Right here where it is
Again, now is that it is

Neither before
Neither after
Neither before
Neither after
Neither before
Neither after

–Puya, “Ni Antes Ni Después”–

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There is neither Jew nor Greek,
there is neither slave nor free,
there is no male and female,
for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
–Galatians 3:28 (ESV)–

He made from one man every nation of mankind
to live on all the face of the earth,
having determined allotted periods
and the boundaries of their dwelling place.
–Acts 17:26 (ESV)–

Do not judge by appearances,
but judge with right judgment.
–John 7:24 (ESV)–

God shows no partiality.
–Romans 2:11 (ESV)–

Truly I understand that God shows no partiality,
but in every nation anyone who fears him
and does what is right is acceptable to him.
–Peter in Acts 10:34-35 (ESV)–

Love one another:
just as I have loved you,
you also are to love one another.
–Jesus in John 13:34 (ESV)–

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
–Revelation 7:9 (ESV)–

Correction: David Wilkerson’s The Vision (1973) doesn’t mention race riots. His vision about racial violence apparently came to him in the 80s or 90s when he was pastoring at Times Square Church. –J.B.

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